38 AN HISTORY -OF AGARIC S,
' M B H H B H B B H Pleofuht> margine^ firiatot lamdlis
omnibus cequalibus, flipite baß volvata.
T R I L O B A T E AGARIC.
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^ p H E root is fwollen,. and of a bulbous .figure j is ioft, and
ot a pale kind of orange1 colour : it isindofed in an elegant
volva, of the fame colour, which is divided almoft to the
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centre in three lobes or fegments. It i r of a foft dawny fub-'
ftance, the thicknefs q glove-leather, and feels between the
Ingers .to be of a f u b iWe fimilar thereto. It is permanent,
abiding, till the decay of the plant'. • : . •
The item grows .gradually fmaller from the root upward?
while youqg it is folid, round, and frnooth I when old becomes
fiftular, but with, a dawny matter in the perforation / it
is of a pale kind of cinnamon colour, and four inches hi a h •
there is no curtain.. - .
The gills are in one feries, rather remote, deep, not adhering
to the item, narrow at the bafe, increasing m breadth to
the cxtrcinity, where they are broad, and terminate obtufcly •
tney are oi a pale cinnamon brown. - '
The pileus is fmooth, ftriated near the margin, three inches
diameter and of a beautiful bright brown, inclining to aft
• orange colour. v ' ... " • j'Wi ^ iM^ i
Grows in the dry parts ofVoods about Halifax. The fnecimens
here figured, I gathered in 'Ram/den, Auguft 3 I , i7 f 7 . '
XI-. AGARICUS Jlipitatus parvus, pileo conicoJlriato flaw, lameilis
Y E L L O W AND WHITE AGARIC.
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^ j p H E root confifts of a few fibres, by which it adherJto
decayed plants I particularly moffes of various kinds,
The.gills are white, deep, and arranged in'three feries.
I lie pueus of a pale yellow, conical, and ftriated.
^rows common in woods near Halifax.
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